This week Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Dr. Joshua Moritz for wide ranging discussion on thinking about science as Christians, why scholars need other scholars to help them see, how the Bible and Tradition informs our science, why science is always an exercise in revision, and how our Faith should stand unashamed and boldly in the public square.
In this episode, Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Mark Kelly to the podcast, where they resume their conversation on some of the items from their last talk, but then dive in to C. S. Lewis with abandon. The book Mark mentioned is Joseph Sciambra, Disordered. And the articles from Paul Kingsnorth are The Cross and the Machine (firstthings.com/article/2021/06/the-cross-and-the-machine) and The Anti-Christ Now Rules US All (unherd.com/2022/05/the-anti-christ-now-rules-us-all/).
In this episode, Dr. Jenkins gives an update on the future of the podcast, including upcoming guests, the slightly altered direction of the podcast, and also talks a little about the nature of the Humanities. For Patterns for Life by Laura E. Wolfe and Lisa Rose, go to https://patternsforlife.org/ And for Doxamoot 2022, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doxamoot-2022-a-reverence-for-things-nobler-tickets-343262737087
This week Dr. Jenkins welcomes authors, homeschoolers, and Charlotte Mason devotees--both as experts and aficionados--Laura E. Wolfe (Sasha and the Dragon and The Lion and the Saint) and Lisa Rose. Together they discuss Lisa's and Laura's forthcoming book, Patterns for Life: An Orthodox Reflection on Charlotte Mason Education.
In this episode, Dr. Jenkins welcomes a whole slew of guests, that is, some of the books and authors who have helped shape his intellectual outlook along the way.
This week, Dr. Jenkins welcomes his friend of 30 years, Mark J. Kelly, retired soldier and current teacher. Together they discuss the path of their life in the academy, and Mark's formation--against the current as it were--into a classical educator. They also set the stage for their next conversation on C. S. Lewis, John Senior, Paul Kingsnorth, and the current plight of dialogue.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Dr. Joshua Moritz as they continue their discussion about the path of Dr. Moritz's intellectual and spiritual pilgrimage. One thing we know, our intrepid hosts don't like Gnosticism.
This week Cyril Jenkins sits down with Dr. Joshua Moritz, philosopher, philosopher of science, archaeologist, lover of theology, apologetics, and above all, a classical learner (and a great conversationalist to boot). Beyond these things, Dr. Moritz is also a faculty member at Chyrsostom Academy, and Dr. Jenkins is wildly happy to introduce him to our audience.
On this episode Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, as the two of them, sans chaperon, discuss the Anglo-Saxon world, especially in relation to the poem Beowulf. There are of course inevitable asides to Tolkien, the writing of history, the "death of the author," and the life of the mind.
Prof. Jenkins welcomes John Thompson, librarian at Waynesburg University (holding back chaos). John's life found him present at the start of All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago, and with that, present at the creation of Touchstone Magazine. He helped oversee the Faith and Learning program at Waynesburg, and while there taught Greek to the most ambitious students. All of this hardly exhausts John's stops along the way.
This episodes Dr. "Doc" Jenkins visits with his old friend Jamey William Bennett, classical educator turned licensed insurance adjuster, podcaster, catechist, rapper, and brand new dad. He and Jamey cover old ground in each of their lives, reflecting on education, Calvinist culture and education, beauty, what learning really entails, and the grave perils of the life of Faith.
This episode Dr. Jenkins submits himself to the inquisition, as Chrysostom Academy Headmaster John Heitzenrater takes the helm as the guest host. The conversation ranges across why study history, why study it as an Orthodox Christian, who and what have formed Cyril's thinking, and what might be the relationship of the St. Basil Society with Chrysostom Academy.
Today Dr. Jenkins welcomes classical teacher, author, journalist, world traveler, “officer and a gentleman,” and all-around Renaissance man, Brad Hoff to The Path to the Academy. Brad is the co-author of Syria Crucified. He and Dr. Jenkins explore the commerce between the life of classical learning and the tribulations faced by Christians, and especially the Christians in Syria with whom, as you will learn, Brad is both knowledgeable about, and keenly tied to.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick back to Path to the Academy, where they discuss St. Basil’s “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature.” St. Basil gives both high and low praise to the pagans, and Fr. Andrew and Dr. Jenkins discuss the text’s relevance for today, how pagans could be virtuous, and why we should read the pagans to help us understand Holy Scripture.
Dr. Cyril Jenkins welcomes his friend Prof. Bill Tighe to discuss his own life as a student and an educator, and how good literature is the path to the cultivation of the soul.
Dr. Jenkins and John Heitzenrater discuss the Renaissance author Leonardo Bruni and his wonderful encomium of Florence; what Bruni can tell us about rhetoric and history; how this small city pursued goodness, truth, and beauty; and what both of these can tell us about classical Orthodox education.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Andrew Kern, founder and director of The Circe Institute for a lively conversation ranging from pedagogy, to the sorry state of modern education, and of course, to Homer.
This episode Dr. Jenkins takes a nepotistic turn on the podcast, and discusses homeschooling in relationship to classical schooling with his nephew, William A. Jenkins, a homeschooled student who is now Headmaster of Christiana Homeschool Academy, a classical academy in Westminster, MD.
In this episode, Dr. Cyril Jenkins discusses with John Heitzenrater his path from hyper-traditionalist, observant Catholic to Orthodoxy, and what this actually tells us about him as the headmaster of St. Constantine in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
In this episode, Dr. Jenkins welcomes back the St. Constantine Headmaster, John Heitzenrater, to discuss what the school day will include for students, both what they will do in class, and what they will do outside (which will also be part of the class). Cyril and John also discuss what classical education does for our children, and why the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania is a great place for this endeavor.
Prof. Jenkins, to his great delight, is joined by two of his former students, Mrs. Monica Chilbert and Mrs. Madeleine Hewitt, who are both classical school teachers and moms, who are also themselves fast friends, but above all, devoted lovers of learning.
Giving more fuel to the conspiracy theory that AFR is just all the same podcast, Prof. Jenkins welcomes back Prof. Bill Tighe to speak about their week with high school students studying Tolkien, and to discuss what the great author has to do with classical education and liberal learning.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Messers Frank Chilbert and Thomas Sims, who are themselves teachers at classical academy, and who were once Dr. Jenkins's students. The discussion ranges from the desire for the good, to Tom's unloading on what the answer to the question about "know thyself" should really be.
Dr. Jenkins sits down in-studio with John Heitzenrater, the new headmaster of St. Constantine School of Lehigh Valley to speak about what the new school will be like both as regards nut-and-bolts, but also the vision of what this means in the lives of our children, and in the life of the Church.
Today Dr. Jenkins welcomes Josh Gibbs of Veritas Academy, gibbsclassical.com, and author of How to Be Unlucky, and Something They Will Never Forget, both books dealing with classical education and the life of reflection.
Dr. Jenkins introduces us to the St. Constantine School in Lehigh Valley's new headmaster, Mr. John Heitzenrater: classical educator, father of eleven, and a connoisseur of all things having to do with smoked meats.
Fr. Daniel Greeson of St. Anne Orthodox Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and editor of the "Every Thought Captive" Ancient Faith blog joins Prof. Jenkins today as they discuss the life and legacy of the late Stratford Caldecott and what he says to us not only about education, but thinking and living and imagining.
Dr. Timothy Patitsas joins Dr. Jenkins to discuss how all education and moral training is actually an exercise in aesthetics, and a training first and foremost in the love of beauty.
Dr. Cyril Jenkins interviews Prof. David Bradshaw of the Philosophy Department of the University of Kentucky on our present education predicament, what's needed to correct it, and how every Christian needs to be a philosopher.
Dr. Cyril Jenkins interviews Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, chief content officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, about the importance of an Orthodox Christian education.
